vivíparo
See also: viviparo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vīviparus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈvi.pa.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈvi.pa.ɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /viˈvi.pɐ.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /biˈbi.pɐ.ɾu/ [biˈβi.pɐ.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: vi‧ví‧pa‧ro
Adjective
vivíparo (feminine vivípara, masculine plural vivíparos, feminine plural vivíparas)
- (botany, of a plant) viviparous (arising from an embryo that develops from the outset)
- (zoology, of an animal) viviparous (whose development occurs inside the body of the mother)
Noun
vivíparo m (plural vivíparos)
- a viviparous animal
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vīviparus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈbipaɾo/ [biˈβ̞i.pa.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -ipaɾo
- Syllabification: vi‧ví‧pa‧ro
Adjective
vivíparo (feminine vivípara, masculine plural vivíparos, feminine plural vivíparas)
Further reading
- “vivíparo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024